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Kia ora, welcome to my website…

Hi, I'm Brendon Burns and I am proud to have been elected as the MP for Christchurch Central in the November 2008 elections. Thank you if you supported me and Labour, though I am very happy to represent all constituents.

I am also very pleased to have been selected as Opposition spokesman on broadcasting and water. If you have an issue as a constituent in Christchurch Central, you can phone the electorate office - 377 8840 - to seek advice or make an appointment. The electorate office is sited at 103 Worcester St. Or you can email me at bb@brendonburns.co.nz - your views and concerns are important to me as your MP.

Brendon Burns

LATEST ITEMS

Labour Party MPs campaigning against an increase to GST reach Christchurch today vowing to fight John Key’s unfair plans to lift the rate to 15 percent, says Labour’s Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns.

The final deal on free-to-air television coverage of the Rugby World Cup concludes a messy process, but upholds an important principle, says Labour Broadcasting spokesperson Brendon Burns.

The Government must look more widely at its broadcasting budget and revenues before demanding cuts in services at Radio New Zealand, says Labour Broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns.

Canterbury people should be worried about comments by Prime Minister John Key in relation to allocating water in the province without genuine community involvement, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns.

Canterbury water management would be better served by enforcing tougher, new environmental requirements than by passing responsibility to a new tier of un-elected local government, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns.

There were clear signals at today’s Commerce Select Committee that the new charter for Radio New Zealand is under threat from a Government choke on funding, says Labour broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns.

Christchurch-based pokie trust Eureka is still playing politics with local sports groups, says Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns.

Environment Minister Nick Smith has taken five weeks to wake up to his responsibility to intervene in the Mackenzie Basin factory farming consents debacle, says Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns.

Cabinet divisions over how to deal with factory farming consents in the MacKenzie country may prevent the sort of the Government intervention that is required, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns.

Prime Minister John Key and Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman must explain why they consider our elite Commonwealth Games athletes less worthy of media coverage than All Blacks, says Labour Broadcasting spokesperson Brendon Burns.

The decision of the Environment Minister Nick Smith to intervene in the factory dairy farming resource consents in the Mackenzie Basin has been welcomed by Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns.

Environment Minister Nick Smith has been asked by Environment Canterbury if he wants
to call in the resource consents for factory dairy farming operations in the Mackenzie Basin, says Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns.

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